"The Love is in the Air quest 'Crushing the Crown' has been renamed 'Crushing the Candy'. Bring it." Oh how I adore you, annual fake World of Warcraft patch notes. » 4/01/14 5:00pm 4/01/14 5:00pm

It's April 1st on the Internet, which means a non-stop barrage of goofs, gags, and pranks. Some are funny; others are... misguided. We're rounding them up for you right here. » 4/01/14 12:45pm 4/01/14 12:45pm

UPDATE (5:41pm): EA COO Peter Moore has apologized for Frostbite's comments, calling them "unacceptable/stupid" on Twitter this afternoon. » 4/01/14 11:00am 4/01/14 11:00am

In South Korea, you shouldn't trust everything you read online today. Nor should you trust everything you see in the classroom. » 4/01/14 8:00am 4/01/14 8:00am

Today is April 1st. Be wary! There are some pranks and tricks online that you might fall for. Some of them are not very good. But some of them are. Let's have a look. » 4/01/14 4:00am 4/01/14 4:00am

Today, game website IGN showed the launch trailer for the iPlay. It's poised as Apple's effort at video game hardware. And it's totally made up. » 4/01/13 7:30am 4/01/13 7:30am

Good morning, Kotaku. It's April 1. April Fools Day. A day when the internet becomes a wasteland of bad jokes and annoying fake news. So wherever you tread today, be cautious. And if it's any consolation, we won't be trying to trick you. Seriously. » 4/01/11 1:30am 4/01/11 1:30am

Shinji Mikami, the video game creator behind games like Resident Evil, God Hand and Vanquish, is finally getting his own action figure, now available for pre-order at the web site of Tango Gameworks, the developer's new studio. Featuring "real shaving action," 256 points of articulation and alternate zombie heads, it… » 3/31/11 3:40pm 3/31/11 3:40pm

Did you survive? Starting right now, it's April 2nd KT (Kotaku Time). Thank goodness! Hopefully the internet can get back to, you know, "normal" — or close to it. Next up, an imaginary bunny carrying a basket of eggs! » 4/02/10 2:00am 4/02/10 2:00am

It's still March 31 by the official Kotaku calendar, but it's April Fools' Day in Japan, something you should take into consideration while watching Sega's new trailer for Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, its latest fighting game update. » 3/31/10 3:20pm 3/31/10 3:20pm

Did you know that there's an extremely well-hidden cameo in God of War: Chains of Olympus? It's the much deadlier, more ancient Companion Cube, the omega of all cubeforms, capable of kicking serious ass. » 4/01/09 8:20pm 4/01/09 8:20pm

Valve's Team Fortress 2 team pranksters have joined in on the April Fool's Day fun, issuing what is (thankfully) not the Sniper class' first unlockable, the jar of urine known as the Jarate. No shit. » 4/01/09 6:20pm 4/01/09 6:20pm

Benoît Sokal's award-winning adventure game series Syberia continues next year with Syberia 3, with PlayStation 3 and PC versions encouraging players to pool resources between them. » 4/01/09 3:20pm 4/01/09 3:20pm

This is pretty neat. Booting up your copy of Wii Fit today will earn you a couple of pretty obvious April Fool's jokes. » 4/01/09 12:00pm 4/01/09 12:00pm

Earlier this year, Blizzard once again impressed us with its ability to churn out a handful of April Fool's Day news pranks » 11/24/08 7:40pm 11/24/08 7:40pm that were not only hilarious, but were uncharacteristically delivered . One of those was the announcement of , the first WoW release for a console, the Atari 2600. The game is a fabrication no…